Bag-catch.



W. KLEMP,

BAG CATCH.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-28 1914.

L1 8?,@%. Patented June 20,1916.

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WILLIAM KLEMP, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 KARL OSWALD, 0F IRVINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

BAG-CATCH.

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Application filed September 28, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM KLnMr, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Catches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of catches or fasteners which are used upon hand bags and the like for holding them shut except at such times as the catch or fastener is released manually in order to open the bag.

The objects of the invention are to secure an improved catch which can be readily and conveniently mounted upona bag frame; to secure a construction of neat and pleasing appearance which will readily lend itself to ornamentation; to secure strength and durability, as well as simplicity and cheapness; to enable the parts of the catch to be riveted together after it has been applied to the bag f *ame; to secure the catch to the bag frame by riveting its parts together, and to obtain other advantages and results as may be brought out in the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bag frame having my improved catch applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a cross-secti on of the same centrally through the catch and showing in dotted lines the position assumed by the catch in opening; Fig. 3 is a central section of the catch upon a plane extending longitudinally of the frame between its two hinged members or sections; Fig. 4 is an end View of the interior arm of the catch, showing its connection to the spring; Fig. 5 is a side view of the same, and Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view similar to Fig. 2, illustrating a modified attachment of the interior arm to the shell of the catch.

In said drawings, 1 and 2 indicate the two sections of a bag frame hinged together as at 3, 3 and shown as each formed of sheet metal bent into channel cross-section, although obviously said sections might be of any suitable and well-known construction. One of said sections, as 1, is provided with a pull 1 and a. male catch member 5, preferably arranged midway of the length of the bag frame, although it might be otherwise located if desired. The male catch member 5 Patented June 29, 1916.

Serial No. 863,813.

comprises a projection forced or stamped upward from the top of the frame section 1 with. an inclined side 6 toward the other frame section 2 and an abrupt side or shoul der 7 in the other direction. This member 5 is adapted to snap into locking engagement with the female catch member 8 on the frame section 2, when the frame sections are pressed together, and to be released by tilting the said female member 8, as is common in bag catches and shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

In the specific form of the invention shown in the drawings, the female lock member 8 comprises a shell 9, which is shown substantially spherical although it might vary from this shape, open at its bottom next the bag frame to provide for the passage of means for securing it to one frame section as 2 and to provide for the reception of the male locking member 5, the edge 10 of the shell snapping over the shoulder 7 of the said male member 5, as shown in Fig. 2 more especially. The means for securing said shell 9 to the bag frame section 2 is shown as an interior arm 11 having a curved upper part 12 fitting against the interior wall of the shell, and a lower part 13 which depends through a slot 141 in the frame section 2 and is returned or hooked around a spring 15 lying longitudinally of the said. section 2 at the bottom of the channel or groove therein. Said spring 15 is non-rotatably engaged by said lower part 13 of the arm 11, preferably by making the spring of rectangular crosssection or flattened and causing the returned or hooked part 13 of the arm to grip it tightly, as shown in the drawings. Said spring is at one end of itself which lies against the outer wall of the bag frame section bent to extend across the groove or channel of the section as at 16 and provided with a foot 17 which when forced to lie against the inner wall of the frame section,

V to the; arm 11" by means of a long rivet 21 extending through the shell and arm 11 transverse to the bag frame and diametri Cally. of the shell, theopposite ends of the 'IIVGtQI'bGlHg headed outside the shell in suitable countersunk recesses. Obviously,

; the shell might :be' otherwise .secured to the armas rendered desirable or necessary by the shape of thes'hell or'its ornamentation. In assembling, preferably the armll is :secured to the spring 15 as shown in Figs. 7 4 and 5 and then thrust upward through the slot 14: in the bag frame section 2, after which the shell is applied to the arm as just described.

Obviously, detail modifications may be 1 made in manufacturing my improved bag catch Without departingfrom the spirit and a scope of theinvention, and I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself except as required by the following claims when con- 7 strued in the light of the prior art.

Having thus described the invention, what r I claim is.

1. ,A tilting bag catchmember comprising an arm adapted to project through a. slot in a'bag frame section and be tiltingly secured thereto by a torsional spring'and a shell open at its bottom secured to said armso as to inclose the same and seat at its open bottom 7 upon the top of the bag frame around the 7 arm, when the arm is secured to a bag frame in said manner, with a portion of the bottom 9091c! of this patentmaj be obtained for" opening of the shell exposed at one side of the bag frame.

2. A tilting bag catch member comprising an arm adapted to project through a slot in a bag frame section and be tiltingly secured thereto by a torsional spring in said section, a shell inelosing said arm adapted to fit against the same and seat upon the bag frame when the arm is secured thereto, and a rivet extending through said arm and shell from the inside to the outside.

ing. exposed at one side of the frame section and adapted to receive the beveled shoulder upon the other section.

4:. The combination with hinged bag frame sections one of which is slotted and the other provided with a shoulder, of an arm extending upward from said bag frame in a plane transverse thereto and having a hooked end projecting through said slot, a torsion spring held in said slotted frame section and non rotatably engaged by said hooked end of the arm, a shell inclosing said arm and having an apertured bottom to re ceive the same and seat upon the bag frames when closed around the said shoulder and arm and means accessible through the aperture for securing said shell to said arm.

, WILLIAM KLEMP.

- Witnesses:

HowAnD P. KING,

- MILDRED E. BROOKS.

five cents each, by ad di'essing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

